The best reply to micromanaging is sending 100 notifications at once.

Raise your hand if you’ve been here: You’ve just received a text, but you don’t have the time (or energy) to respond just yet. You plan to leave it unread…until a slip of the finger opens the message ...

Email read receipts can promote transparency and accountability in professional communications. Companies already use email tracking, so individuals should have access to similar tools. Implementing ...

In October 2011, Apple created what would come to be one of the most contentious technological controversies of our time: To read receipt, or not to read receipt? Read receipts, as anyone with an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you notice read receipts more than you want to admit, it’s usually not about the technology—it’s about what they activate in ...

Google appears to have started the rollout of the Messages read receipt redesign. The redesign moves the checkmarks from outside the bubble to inside the bubble. The read receipt has also received a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Read receipts are such a small thing, but they reveal so much. The way someone handles those little "seen" notifications—whether ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link In addition to AirDrop, iMessage is one of Apple's most useful tools. The instant messaging feature allows you to conveniently send messages, ...

Microsoft Outlook's read receipt feature is available in two areas of the program. You can activate a read receipt for a single email message to a business contact in the New Message window, or you ...

Bumble does not use read receipts to notify you if someone has read your message. Users can see if you start to type a response, so this can indicate you've seen the most recent message. Here's ...